Overall, Austen throughout Pride and Prejudice effectively demonstrates the separation of power between two wealthy and upper-class men, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins, and an inferior, yet clever woman, Elizabeth. Mr. Collins naively believes that Elizabeth would instantly accept his marriage proposal based on his superiority. Furthermore, Collins solely focuses on material gains for Elizabeth, rather than expressing love and emotion, which Elizabeth ultimately desires. On the other hand, Darcy is originally embarrassed for liking a woman of a lesser status such as Elizabeth; he believed that society would condescend him for marrying a woman that did not fulfill his idealized expectations.
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